从父脚本访问包含文件中定义的数组

I'm looking for a way to access an array defined in an included PHP file, from outside this file. I've been Googling on that for a few hours but I didn't really find anything that answered my question. I've tried using $GLOBAL['varname'] outside my script after using global $varname in the included file but it doesn't seem to work, got to say I'm a bit confused.

Is there any way I can do this in PHP?

Thanks a lot for the answer!

user $_SESSION variables. so you will be able to access your variables anywhere in your php application.. untill you unset it..

try this..

session_start();
$_SESSION['array'] = $array; //your array

now you can use this variable/array in any file of your project..

print_r($_SESSION['array']);

if you include a file in PHP you can access the variable the same way you would if it was in the same file..

File1 (foo.php):

<?php
$var = array('foo','bar');

File2:

<?php
require_once('foo.php');
print_r($var);

does this not work..?